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This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analysis
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4948
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads22892757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.018 %2.924 %
As % of the category below5.712 %5.952 %
Daily rates quoted11061178
Average minimum daily rate£420£421
Average daily rate£449£449
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£363
% change on same period last year+6.36 %
Hourly rates quoted5036
Average minimum hourly rate£27.09£31.72
Average hourly rate£29.52£32.85
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.94£33.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.02£30.68
% change on same period last year-5.41 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4007246323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled52.84 %49.14 %
Daily rates quoted1441215079
Average minimum daily rate£387£393
Average daily rate£414£418
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted24482844
Average minimum hourly rate£27.39£28.80
Average hourly rate£29.25£30.59
% change on same period last year-4.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.11£32.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analysis Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK.

Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK.

Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Business Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-42147£456+0.73 %
LondonDown-21289£488-0.74 %
City of LondonDown-2394£486-5.31 %
South EastUp+23294£388+6.09 %
South WestUp+19148£410+3.39 %
YorkshireUp+24100£386+21.91 %
ScotlandUp+1994£317-2.32 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1792£585+13.89 %
West MidlandsUp+1079£372+10.85 %
East of EnglandDown-2975£398+6.10 %
North WestUp+875£349+1.54 %
HampshireUp+4273£399-2.69 %
WiltshireUp+1568£432+2.84 %
SurreyUp+1360£387+1.05 %
BerkshireUp+1958£389+13.28 %
West YorkshireUp+1554£388+36.81 %
SwindonUp+1844£444+0.37 %
East MidlandsNo change040£460+28.47 %
EdinburghUp+337£249-22.05 %
LeedsUp+1134£407+39.61 %
MidlandsUp+530£337-12.74 %
BuckinghamshireDown-330£395-1.71 %
GlasgowUp+830£367+10.46 %
CheshireUp+128£361-15.00 %
South WalesUp+1525£349-24.59 %
WalesUp+1325£349-23.90 %
ReadingUp+424£355-
BirminghamUp+2223£425+4.61 %
NorthamptonshireUp+823£484+29.01 %
CoventryDown-120£404+55.44 %

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Analysis.

11561 (31.71 %)Finance
21054 (21.41 %)Banking
3749 (15.21 %)Project Management
4622 (12.63 %)Investment Banking
5558 (11.33 %)Derivative
6449 (9.120 %)UML
7440 (8.938 %)PRINCE2
8384 (7.800 %)SQL
9335 (6.805 %)Back Office
10328 (6.663 %)Government
11312 (6.338 %)Front Office
12301 (6.114 %)Retail
13298 (6.053 %)Change Management
14296 (6.013 %)Migration
15288 (5.850 %)Insurance
16286 (5.809 %)Oracle
17283 (5.749 %)Data Modelling
18270 (5.484 %)User Acceptance Testing
19257 (5.220 %)Pensions
20240 (4.875 %)Data Analysis
21235 (4.774 %)Use Case
22234 (4.753 %)Asset Management
23231 (4.692 %)GAP Analysis
24224 (4.550 %)Stakeholder Management
25210 (4.266 %)Fixed Income
26196 (3.981 %)Datawarehouse
26196 (3.981 %)CRM
27194 (3.941 %)SQL Server
28192 (3.900 %)Systems Analysis
29191 (3.880 %)MS Visio

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1169 (3.433 %).NET
2115 (2.336 %)XML
357 (1.158 %)ASP.NET
454 (1.097 %)HTML
542 (0.853 %)J2EE
637 (0.752 %)ASP
728 (0.569 %)CSS
826 (0.528 %)WebServices
919 (0.386 %)Middleware
1018 (0.366 %)WebSphere
1116 (0.325 %)XML Schema
1214 (0.284 %)Velocity
1214 (0.284 %)FreeMarker
1313 (0.264 %)JSP
1412 (0.244 %)FpML
1412 (0.244 %)XSLT
1412 (0.244 %)AJAX
159 (0.183 %)FIX Protocol
168 (0.163 %)EDI
177 (0.142 %)RSS
Application Platforms
146 (0.934 %)SharePoint
231 (0.630 %)CMS
325 (0.508 %)SAS
419 (0.386 %)IIS
517 (0.345 %)BizTalk Server
613 (0.264 %)LiveLink
613 (0.264 %)SharePoint Server 2007
712 (0.244 %)Oracle Workflow
712 (0.244 %)Lotus Notes
811 (0.223 %)Documentum
910 (0.203 %)Apache
106 (0.122 %)MS Exchange
115 (0.102 %)Lotus Domino
124 (0.081 %)Tomcat
124 (0.081 %)WebLogic
133 (0.061 %)NetWeaver
142 (0.041 %)SharePoint Portal Server
142 (0.041 %)Rhythmyx
151 (0.020 %)Site Server
151 (0.020 %)WebSphere MQ
Applications
1191 (3.880 %)MS Visio
2141 (2.864 %)MS Project
2141 (2.864 %)MS Office
3126 (2.559 %)MS Excel
462 (1.259 %)MS PowerPoint
462 (1.259 %)CA Clarity
511 (0.223 %)Photoshop
62 (0.041 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
62 (0.041 %)InfoPath
62 (0.041 %)ImageReady
71 (0.020 %)SPSS
71 (0.020 %)ArcView
Business Applications
158 (1.178 %)Summit
233 (0.670 %)Loan IQ
332 (0.650 %)Capstone
429 (0.589 %)Oracle Financials
523 (0.467 %)FRONT ARENA
619 (0.386 %)SAP FI
717 (0.345 %)Minerva
816 (0.325 %)Tesseract
915 (0.305 %)HiPortfolio
1013 (0.264 %)Sentinel
1112 (0.244 %)Oracle EBS
1211 (0.223 %)Endur
1211 (0.223 %)SAP CRM
1211 (0.223 %)Adaptiv
1310 (0.203 %)INSURE/90
1310 (0.203 %)Oracle Applications
148 (0.163 %)HiInvest
148 (0.163 %)Oracle 11i
148 (0.163 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
148 (0.163 %)Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
183 (1.686 %)Internet
229 (0.589 %)Intranet
325 (0.508 %)Extranet
411 (0.223 %)WAN
510 (0.203 %)ATM
510 (0.203 %)LAN
67 (0.142 %)TCP/IP
67 (0.142 %)WINS
75 (0.102 %)SMS
75 (0.102 %)Wireless
84 (0.081 %)LDAP
84 (0.081 %)SAN
93 (0.061 %)HTTP
93 (0.061 %)TETRA
93 (0.061 %)BSS
93 (0.061 %)Ethereal
102 (0.041 %)DSL
102 (0.041 %)3G
102 (0.041 %)FTP
102 (0.041 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1196 (3.981 %)Datawarehouse
2194 (3.941 %)SQL Server
3114 (2.316 %)BusinessObjects
468 (1.381 %)Reference Data
550 (1.016 %)Oracle Reports
550 (1.016 %)MS Access
550 (1.016 %)ETL
639 (0.792 %)SQL Server 2005
737 (0.752 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
836 (0.731 %)SQL Server 2000
935 (0.711 %)BusinessObjects XI
1033 (0.670 %)OLAP
1132 (0.650 %)Data Mining
1226 (0.528 %)Crystal Reports
1226 (0.528 %)Data Mart
1324 (0.488 %)Oracle 10g
1423 (0.467 %)DTS
1522 (0.447 %)EDRMS
1522 (0.447 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1522 (0.447 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
153 (1.077 %)RequisitePro
236 (0.731 %)Rational Rose
321 (0.427 %)Oracle Forms
414 (0.284 %)TestDirector
513 (0.264 %)ClearCase
513 (0.264 %)ClearQuest
612 (0.244 %)ERwin
612 (0.244 %)Flash
612 (0.244 %)Visual Studio
78 (0.163 %)LoadRunner
84 (0.081 %)Telelogic DOORS
84 (0.081 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.061 %)WinRunner
102 (0.041 %)Ant
102 (0.041 %)JUnit
102 (0.041 %)NUnit
111 (0.020 %)Subversion
111 (0.020 %)Oracle Designer/2000
111 (0.020 %)InterDev
111 (0.020 %)WebSpeed
General
11561 (31.71 %)Finance
21054 (21.41 %)Banking
3622 (12.63 %)Investment Banking
4335 (6.805 %)Back Office
5328 (6.663 %)Government
6312 (6.338 %)Front Office
7301 (6.114 %)Retail
8288 (5.850 %)Insurance
9257 (5.220 %)Pensions
10137 (2.783 %)Marketing
11109 (2.214 %)Retail Banking
12106 (2.153 %)Local Government
1398 (1.991 %)Health
1491 (1.848 %)Financial Institution
1580 (1.625 %)Telecoms
1664 (1.300 %)Legal
1763 (1.280 %)Billing
1859 (1.198 %)Education
1941 (0.833 %)Construction
2037 (0.752 %)General Ledger
Job Titles
13702 (75.20 %)Analyst
23367 (68.39 %)Business Analyst
3506 (10.28 %)Project Manager
4263 (5.342 %)Banking Business Analyst
5243 (4.936 %)Developer
6203 (4.124 %)Consultant
7186 (3.778 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
8156 (3.169 %)Systems Analyst
9148 (3.006 %)Senior Analyst
10135 (2.742 %)Senior Business Analyst
11129 (2.620 %)Business Manager
1298 (1.991 %)Architect
1397 (1.970 %)Financial Business Analyst
1494 (1.909 %)Project Analyst
1586 (1.747 %)Data Analyst
1682 (1.666 %)Insurance Business Analyst
1682 (1.666 %)Business Project Manager
1775 (1.523 %)Business Systems Analyst
1870 (1.422 %)Test Analyst
1969 (1.402 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1558 (11.33 %)Derivative
2234 (4.753 %)Asset Management
3210 (4.266 %)Fixed Income
4179 (3.636 %)Equities
5166 (3.372 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6126 (2.559 %)Credit Derivative
7120 (2.438 %)Interest Rate Derivative
8117 (2.377 %)Credit Risk
9111 (2.255 %)Equity Derivative
10104 (2.113 %)Management Information System
1192 (1.869 %)NHS
1263 (1.280 %)Market Risk
1350 (1.016 %)Fund Management
1428 (0.569 %)Client/Server
1522 (0.447 %)Mainframe
1616 (0.325 %)Hybrid Derivative
1715 (0.305 %)Statistics
1715 (0.305 %)Mathematics
1715 (0.305 %)Data Conversion
1814 (0.284 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
187 (1.767 %)Unix
274 (1.503 %)Windows
319 (0.386 %)Linux
415 (0.305 %)Windows NT
511 (0.223 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (0.122 %)Windows 2000
73 (0.061 %)Windows XP
73 (0.061 %)HPUX
73 (0.061 %)Solaris
82 (0.041 %)VMS
91 (0.020 %)OS/390
91 (0.020 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1749 (15.21 %)Project Management
2449 (9.120 %)UML
3440 (8.938 %)PRINCE2
4298 (6.053 %)Change Management
5296 (6.013 %)Migration
6283 (5.749 %)Data Modelling
7270 (5.484 %)User Acceptance Testing
8240 (4.875 %)Data Analysis
9235 (4.774 %)Use Case
10231 (4.692 %)GAP Analysis
11224 (4.550 %)Stakeholder Management
12196 (3.981 %)CRM
13192 (3.900 %)Systems Analysis
14191 (3.880 %)BPR
15163 (3.311 %)Investment Management
16145 (2.945 %)Workflow
17144 (2.925 %)Data Migration
18139 (2.823 %)Security Cleared
19138 (2.803 %)Risk Management
20137 (2.783 %)Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1384 (7.800 %)SQL
2135 (2.742 %)Java
386 (1.747 %)C#
472 (1.463 %)VB
548 (0.975 %)Transact-SQL
646 (0.934 %)VBA
744 (0.894 %)JavaScript
831 (0.630 %)C
927 (0.548 %)C++
1020 (0.406 %)PL/SQL
1119 (0.386 %)Shell Script
1218 (0.366 %)PHP
1316 (0.325 %)VB.NET
1414 (0.284 %)Perl
1414 (0.284 %)VB6
1513 (0.264 %)COBOL
1513 (0.264 %)VBScript
1611 (0.223 %)VC++
179 (0.183 %)RPG
179 (0.183 %)Korn
Qualifications
1151 (3.067 %)Degree
267 (1.361 %)PRINCE2 Certification
365 (1.320 %)ISEB
440 (0.813 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
522 (0.447 %)Citrix Certification
615 (0.305 %)ACCA
615 (0.305 %)CIMA
711 (0.223 %)Oracle Certification
711 (0.223 %)PMP
711 (0.223 %)PMI Certification
88 (0.163 %)ITIL Certification
94 (0.081 %)MBA
102 (0.041 %)SAP Certification
111 (0.020 %)Siebel Certification
111 (0.020 %)ISEB Practitioner
111 (0.020 %)CFA
111 (0.020 %)CIPD
111 (0.020 %)ISTQB
111 (0.020 %)CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
198 (1.991 %)QA
270 (1.422 %)Basel II
325 (0.508 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
49 (0.183 %)MiFID
58 (0.163 %)SLA
64 (0.081 %)GLP
73 (0.061 %)ISO9000
73 (0.061 %)ISO8583
82 (0.041 %)GxP
91 (0.020 %)21 CFR Part 11
91 (0.020 %)ISO9001
91 (0.020 %)ISO27001
91 (0.020 %)PCI DSS
System Software
19 (0.183 %)Active Directory
27 (0.142 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.020 %)VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
110 (0.203 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
24 (0.081 %)ServiceCenter
24 (0.081 %)SCOM
32 (0.041 %)CA SiteMinder
32 (0.041 %)MIIS
32 (0.041 %)Legato
41 (0.020 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.020 %)OpenView
41 (0.020 %)TeMIP
Vendors
1286 (5.809 %)Oracle
2169 (3.433 %)Microsoft
3163 (3.311 %)SAP
4114 (2.316 %)Business Objects
579 (1.605 %)Calypso
649 (0.995 %)Siebel
740 (0.813 %)Sybase
740 (0.813 %)LatentZero
835 (0.711 %)Murex
933 (0.670 %)IBM
1029 (0.589 %)Cognos
1127 (0.548 %)SunGard
1226 (0.528 %)Bloomberg
1324 (0.488 %)Fidessa
1422 (0.447 %)PeopleSoft
1518 (0.366 %)ProClarity
1518 (0.366 %)Northgate
1617 (0.345 %)SimCorp
1715 (0.305 %)Casewise
1715 (0.305 %)Hyperion
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